Jack Tretton

PS4 and Xbox One will lock horns in a bloody death gauntlet in Los Angeles tonight, as both sides prepare to unveil their E3 2014 conferences. That hasn’t stopped Microsoft’s Phil Spencer and former PlayStation boss Jack Tretton from sharing in a hug. Aww.

Jack Tretton, SCEA’s former president and CEO will be making a comeback at this year’s E3, only this time he will be working with Spike TV as a “special correspondent” to talk about all the happenings at the show.

PlayStation 4 appears to be in short supply in North America, according to comments from PlayStation US boss Jack Tretton. The exec appeared on an official Sony podcast and stated that it breaks his heart to turn paying consumers away.

PS4’s reception both at its initial reveal and during E3 was the result of almost a decade of consumer research and understanding the needs of customers, according to Sony Computer Entertainment America CEO Jack Tretton.

“The internet” is currently involved in a frenzy of self-congratulation over Microsoft’s abandonment of Xbox One’s various DRM restrictions. We did it, the Ouroboros cries. Actually, you didn’t. Sony did.

While PS4 itself won’t block pre-owned games, Sony has said any DRM is up to publishers, a sentiment which has been said before, but is back on topic today due to remarks made by SCEA boss Jack Tretton to GTTV. Sony has since issued at statement saying that any third-party DRM implemented on PS4 by […]

SCEA boss Jack Tretton took the stage at the Sony E3 press conference to state that PS4 will play used games; will allow trades; no was authentication required; and no check ins every 24-hours were required either.